This self-proclaimed "guide book to the genuinely bizarre
in the Land of Enchantment" provides a good look at some
of the "High Strange" phenomena in New Mexico. Part
history text, part ghost story, part AAA guide, Jack Kutz's entertaining
book covers 17 unexplained stories from around the state. He provides
a detailed analysis of the Mystery Stone, the intriguing account
of a lost gold mine in southwestern New Mexico and a brief accounting
of police officer Lonnie Zamora's 1964 encounter with a flying
saucer pit stop in Socorro. Most useful is a detailed description
at the end of every chapter telling how to reach the strange sites.
Kutz has also written Mysteries & Miracles of Arizona and
Mysteries & Miracles of Colorado. (Rhombus Publishing
Company)

Adobe Angels: The Ghosts of Albuquerqueby Antonio R. Garcez

Ghosts are scary, sure, but there's also a certain romantic attraction
to the idea of wispy phantoms frequenting the site of their sad
lives or tragic deaths. Antonio Garcez's 1994 book collects some
of the best spooky campfire stories from our area. Rather than
embellish on the myths, Garcez allows eyewitnesses to tell the
stories in their own words. As a result, we have regular folks
like the receptionist at the KiMo Theater talking about her encounters
with a child's ghost that haunts the historic venue. Garcez has
also published two other books in the Adobe Angels series:
Ghosts of Las Cruces and Southern New Mexico and Ghosts
of Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico. (Red Rabbit Press)

The Day After Roswellby Col. Phillip J. Corso, Ret.

There are dozens of books on the Roswell UFO crash clogging up
the shelves these days. The Day After is the latest page-turner
to hit stores. It's written by an Air Force officer who allegedly
saw alien bodies in a Roswell airplane hanger. Phillip Corso is
a nice old man telling a great after-dinner yarn to the grandkids,
but he doesn't really advance any hard evidence. Corso has been
billed as "the only military official to come forward with
the truth about Roswell." Actually there are plenty of other
Air Force folks who've come out of the woodwork lately to tell
their stories. When you add it up, it looks like the military
was flashing those secret alien bodies to every goober in the
country. (Pocket Books)

Space Aliens from the Pentagonby William R. Lyne

This self-published text has high entertainment value and provides
ample proof that its writer, William R. Lyne of Lamy, N.M., is
either a grade-A crank or the man with all the answers. According
to Space Aliens, the 1947 UFO crash at Roswell was merely
a government hoax seeking to distract the public's attention from
researches using Tesla technologies seized from the Nazis! Conspiracy
theory at its best. (Creatopia Productions)

The White Sands Incidentby Dr. Daniel Fry

Here's one of the more entertaining local UFO texts. Apparently,
Dr. Daniel Fry was a scientist working at the White Sands Missile
Range. Fry claims to have been abducted by a UFO right under the
Air Force's nose and flown 8,000 miles to New York City. During
his joyride, Dr. Fry's abductor--a benevolent alien known as A-Lan--explained
to him the secret of flying saucers. Seems that an elder race
called the "Nors" are the guardians of this planet.
They mean us no harm, but aren't too happy with what we're doing
to the planet (wars, pollution and such). According to A-Lan,
it's shape up or ship out time. (Horus House Publishing)

Underground Bases and Tunnelsby Richard Saunder, Ph.D.

Looking for a good overview of secret underground bases and tunnels
throughout the United States? This is as good a place as any to
start. Richard Saunder mentions the Dulce, N.M., UFO base a number
of times and theorizes several ways that a secret underground
tunnel to Los Alamos could have been constructed (laser beams
seem to be a common explanation, but I prefer the giant Flash
Gordon-style drilling machines). There are plenty of random diagrams
and photos, none of which actually show anything very secret,
but are entertaining nonetheless. (Adams-Hall)